Assalam Alaikum, To wish a non muslim in his/her festival is that ki you are comitting sin/gunnah ?I had heard about it on media ?exactly did not hear the full detail ie logic ?If it is so can plz tell why is it ?

I will post a few hadith on this topic hope that will help answer u r question and I will also give my personal opinion

The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "Whoever imitates a nation is but one of them." [Abu Daawood]

Anas, may Allaah be pleased with him, reported: "The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, came to Madeenah while they had two days they celebrated. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, asked, "What are these two days?" They said, 'These are two days we used to celebrate in our pre Islamic era. The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: "Allaah has replaced them with two better days: 'Eed Al-Adh-Haa and 'Eed Al- Fitr." A person came to the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, and said: "I have taken a vow to sacrifice a camel at Buwaanah.” The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, asked: “Did the place contain any idol worshipped in Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic times)?” They (the people) said: “No.” He asked: “Was any pre-Islamic festival observed there?” They replied: “No.” The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “Fulfil your vow, for a vow to do an act of disobedience to Allaah must not be fulfilled, neither must one do something over which a human being has no control."

and my personal opinion is that we can wish them as long as the festival is nothing wrong like mother`s day father`s day labour day etc etc but maybe if they would invite me 2 a feast of another religion maybe I would go but not do anything harram or kufar then Insha Allah they might ask me y i m not doin it then maybe i will try to make them understand y i cannot and hope maybe they will understand to maybe

Brother this is a very tricky questions as different scholars hold different views some are of the opinion that one can wish and some say you cannot wish..

In such Tricky Situations i listen to my commonsense and judge myself and follow a very Famous Quranic Ayaat and Hadees which says

Every Person will be judged according to his Intentions (Niyat).

If my real intention is just to maintain cordial relationships with my colleagues and friends then i don't have to worry as I would be judged by my intentionand to maintain peaceful relationship with friends and colleagues is a sunnah of our prophet sal-lal-lahu alai hi wa sallam

If there is Nothing against the sharia and nothing which involves shirk I dont mind wishing my colleagues to maintain peaceful and cordial relations.But if it goes against the sharia then i avoid it..

If you wanna know what Tahirul Qadri has to say and do visit this video...

There is another side of the coin also brother..If u wish Merry Christmas to anyone you should know what merry christmas means..

Christians celebrate Christmas bcoz they Belive that Jesus was born on that day and Jesus Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him is son of GOD...If you are wishing them on this Day means you are also Believing in what they Beleive(Tat is Jesus ws born on 25th DECEMBER and He was the SON OF GOD) - Beliving this is HARAAM it is SHIRK.

or If you are NOT believing then you are Supporting their Belief which again is HARAAM.

Tell your christian friends that instead of celebrating on 25th Dec celebrate it on 10 Dec..will they agree they will say NO.Bcoz its their BELIEF.

But if you dont know what Christmas stands for and if you wish then you can be excusedBut if you know exactly what it means and then if you wish its HARAAM..

My View is that To maintain cordial relationships there are many other ways..To Reach and Do something GOOD You dont need to ADOPT ways that are wrong..

Allah Almighty says: (Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and did not drive you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity. It is only as regards those who fought against you on account of religion, and have driven you out of your homes, and helped to drive you out, that Allah forbids you to befriend them. And whosoever will befriend them, then such are the wrong-doers.) (Al-Mumtahinah 60: 8-9)

From the above verses its clear that v shoud deal with peace with non muslims who interact and deal with muslims in peace.......and vice versa

Tahirul Qadri is not a hujjat in islam, so posting videos of Tahirul qadri serves no purpose, infact a large no. of ulema has termed Tahirul Qadri as ''GUMRAH''

Coming back to the point if u praise or utter such words in front of a non muslim in the way that that particular non muslim or 4 that matter any non muslim feels/considers his/her religion to be a good one , THIS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN ISLAM.

Tahirul Qadri is not a hujjat in islam, so posting videos of Tahirul qadri serves no purpose, infact a large no. of ulema has termed Tahirul Qadri as ''GUMRAH''

Coming back to the point if u praise or utter such words in front of a non muslim in the way that that particular non muslim or 4 that matter any non muslim feels/considers his/her religion to be a good one , THIS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN ISLAM.

Coming back to the point if u praise or utter such words in front of a non muslim in the way that that particular non muslim or 4 that matter any non muslim feels/considers his/her religion to be a good one , THIS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN ISLAM

This is exactly True also I agree with Soldier of Islam saying that....

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My View is that To maintain cordial relationships there are many other ways..To Reach and Do something GOOD You dont need to ADOPT ways that are wrong..